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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "Dr. Paul Powell" <paulpowell@ny.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paulpowell@myway.com
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:09:12 -1200
Subject: CALL ME ON +44-702-305-9022
From: Dr. Paul Powell
40 WOODALE ST.
EAST WAY,
UK, LONDON
Tel: +44-702-305-9022
Emails: ppowell_2008@yahoo.com
We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and valuable consignments for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy. We work in collaboration with top firms all over the world as we have earned a name as a service whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are revered. A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist her and her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of money from a Security Company in Europe. The benefactor and her children have been confined only to their country home and all their calls and movements are monitored, as a result, it's absolutely impossible for them to do anything as regards retrieving the money. Their only means of communication is via Internet and you are being contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on their behalf.
The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a period of ten years and its 85M Pounds (Eight-Five Million Pounds). These funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and have no criminal origin. The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were submitted when the funds were being deposited and these documents would prove the source of the funds and authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.
For your assistance in this transaction, the benefactor and her Children have agreed to give you 45% of the total amount of money which is equivalent to 38,250,000M Pounds (Thirty-Eight Million, Two hundred and Fifty Thousand, Pounds) and this role simply entails retrieving the funds on their behalf from the Diplomats in America and all the information needed to claim the funds would be sent to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting them as well as providing the following information to facilitate The smooth conclusion of the transaction.
1) Your Full Name: ___________________________
2) Your Address: _______________________________
3) Your Telephone Number: ________________________
4) Your Fax Number: __________________________
5) Your Mobile Number: _____________________________
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of Residence: _____________________
7) Your Age______________________
I await your response urgently.
Dr. Paul Powell
ppowell_2008@yahoo.com
N/B:
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